Watch the Call of Duty: Ghosts multiplayer reveal live
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Someone somewhere's decreed this week to be multiplayer reveal week. Rockstar's doing its duty with Grand Theft Auto 5's online modes tomorrow, and Activision's doing much the same today with the first look at Call of Duty: Ghosts' multiplayer. Never ones to do things in half-measures it's flown half of the games press to Los Angeles to see it up close. Wesley Yin-Poole's our man on the ground, and he'll be bringing you impressions and interviews early tomorrow.

Activision's also streaming the event live, and we thought we'd join in the fun by bringing you a livetext from some of the more exotic reaches of the globe - so that'll be Brighton and Lewisham, then - as we all wonder if Colin the dog's made it into Call of Duty's multiplayer, and whether there's clan support for online packs of hounds. Join us here from 6.30pm BST to see it all kick off.

If it's on the PS3 or Xbox I will pass but I'd be more in interested in seeing it running (even I have no intention of buying it) if it was on the Xbox One, PS4 or even the PC. I don't think I need to explain why but if I do then it's to check out the new technology.

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13:41By Martin Robinson

14:40By Tom Phillips

16:32By Wesley Yin-Poole

It's breakfast time in downtown LA. I had little ham and cheese croissants. What did you have for breakfast?

Soon I'll be heading off to the COD: Ghosts multiplayer venue for check-in and lots of other boring stuff. We're on target for a 6.30pm UK time start, as a soldier in Call of Duty might have said.

Roger roger.

18:17By Martin Robinson

It's the one you've been waiting for, the gaming event of the season! Or at least the one of this afternoon. Activision's preparing to unveil Call of Duty: Ghosts' multiplayer, and judging by the push it's giving the reveal it's going to be something noteworthy.

18:18By Martin Robinson

Or it could be the same old same old. Or, even more excitingly, Colin the dog's going to be involved in some capacity.

18:19By Martin Robinson

Which one will it be! There's only one way to find out! And that's by giving over the next hour of your life to see whatever Activision pipes out of LA Live.

18:21By Martin Robinson

There's just enough time to watch this before it all kicks off in LA, which should get you in the mood and may hopefully set the tone of what's to come.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nvfQw8UCDE

18:23By Martin Robinson

I'd love to say we're coming live from LA Live, but that's not quite true.

18:24By Martin Robinson

Wes is there on the ground for us, but in an amazing turn of events the press have been placed in a venue with no wi-fi ensuring they can't communicate with the wider world.

18:26By Martin Robinson

So we're coming to you from the slightly more glamorous Ladywell, where I just popped out and bought a bowl of aubergines for a pound.

18:26By Martin Robinson

That'd be eggplants in the US. And it'd be a dollar. Think a bowl's a bowl over there though.

18:28By Martin Robinson

So what can we expect from Ghosts' new multiplayer? Black Ops 2 went after the eSports crowd last year, and it's safe to assume Ghosts will too.

18:28By Martin Robinson

Hopefully we'll also see some of the evolving levels that were glimpsed at E3.

18:29By Martin Robinson

Battlefield 4's got a similar feature, of course, called *ahem* Levolution. Eugh, I think I've got sick in my mouth. I promise that'll be the last time I allow that word on the site.

18:30By Martin Robinson

What made-up words can Activision and Infinity Ward come up with? How can we expect to see the English language slaughtered tonight? I'm literally dying with excitement.

18:31By Martin Robinson

It's happening! We're promised some disturbing content, which is always a good way to kick things off.

18:32By Martin Robinson

A quick reminder being delivered of Call of Duty's global impact, should you need reminding.

18:32By Martin Robinson

Which basically amounts to Jimmy Fallon firing a bazooka.

18:33By Martin Robinson

Hirshberg's on-stage. One of the more handsome execs for sure. Definitely top ten material.

18:34By Martin Robinson

It's obviously a big year for games, he says, alluding to the next gen consoles.

18:34By Martin Robinson

Be interesting to see what impact next-gen has on MP - will we see bigger player counts on PS4 and Xbone?

18:35By Martin Robinson

A lot's changed since Call of Duty launched - Brosnan was playing Bond back then. Ah, happy days.

18:35By Martin Robinson

Reminds me of Donlan's spot-on take on CoD's 'late-Brosnan' period.

18:36By Martin Robinson

You can't count on much in this world, but you can count on CoD says Hirshberg. Then something about setting your hair on fire. Can't tell if that's a veiled threat.

19:04By Martin Robinson

19:04By Martin Robinson

Anyway, they're big shot shoutcasters and they're about to shoutcast a live match between some pro players.

19:05By Martin Robinson

I don't think this will be quite as sweary as the championships we saw earlier this year.

19:05By Martin Robinson

Cranked's the mode being shown off.

19:06By Martin Robinson

And the map's Strike Zone, a small baseball stadium.

19:07By Martin Robinson

Cranked does look brilliantly mental.

19:09By Martin Robinson

There's a reason FPSs aren't as popular as MOBAs when it comes to eSports, I think, and this is a perfect example of why. So hard to read the action when you're swatting around between different perspectives.

19:09By Martin Robinson

The fact they're playing a mode as fast-paced as Cranked doesn't help.

19:10By Martin Robinson

I just saw Colin in action. Can we cut to Colin-cam plz?

19:10By Martin Robinson

And we have a winner. The Ghost Squad. Go Ghosts.

19:11By Martin Robinson

Here's exec Yale Miller to take things down a notch or two. It's mellow hour with Miller.

19:12By Martin Robinson

Cross-stats for 360 and Xbox One is a pretty neat feature.

19:13By Martin Robinson

The app allows you to edit your loadout pre-game, and select your next one in-game too.

19:13By Martin Robinson

You can create clans, join them or manage them from the app too.

19:14By Martin Robinson

And you can edit the clan emblem from the app too.

19:14By Martin Robinson

Plus! More! Clan vs. Clan playlists.

19:15By Martin Robinson

Clam wars is the last thing they're excited about. I'm pretty excited about it too.

19:16By Martin Robinson

They're saying they're available on all platforms, so I'd assume so.

Nephirion says:

@Martin Robinson, do you know if these features will be available on PC?

19:16By Martin Robinson

Probably not the Wii U, though, because Wii U.

Nephirion says:

@Martin Robinson, do you know if these features will be available on PC?

19:17By Martin Robinson

Hirshberg's here to drive us home.

19:18By Martin Robinson

That's a lot of features, and some mildly interesting ones too - can't say there's anything there that's going to drag me from Battlefield this year though.

19:18By Martin Robinson

Season Pass is back, which gives you 4 DLC Map Packs. You get a Ghost character pack too.

19:19By Martin Robinson

This is good news -the season pack is available cross-gen. So get it for 360 then upgrade to Xbox One and you can take the content with you.

19:19By Martin Robinson

Hope that sets a precedent - a lot of publishers haven't committed to anything like that yet.

19:20By Martin Robinson

The Prestige Edition is being introduced by some clowns kicking down doors.

19:21By Martin Robinson

I think maybe you've got to be there to get it? Anyway, 1080p helmet cam is included in the Prestige Edition.

19:22By Martin Robinson

There's an MP world tour that's bringing the game across the world - heading to London on 26 September.

19:22By Martin Robinson

That's the Expo, ain't it. Subtle plug there.

19:24By Martin Robinson

So you'll get a free Prestige Edition if you come and play it at one of the events.

19:24By Martin Robinson

And that's that. Not enough Colin, obviously, but an awful lot of everything else.

19:25By Martin Robinson

We'll have more details on the MP from Wes who's out in LA tomorrow. For now, I'm about to do one.